Politics of Jammu and Kashmir | |
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| Polity type | Union territory of India: A federal territory with its own elected legislatures and governments; with partial statehood |
| Constitution | Constitution of India |
| Legislative branch | |
| Name | Legislative Assembly |
| Type | Unicameral |
| Presiding officer | Vacant |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of state | |
| Title | Lieutenant Governor |
| Currently | Manoj Sinha |
| Head of government | |
| Title | Chief Minister |
| Currently | Vacant |
| Judicial branch | |
| Jammu and Kashmir High Court | |
| Chief judge | Ali Mohammad Magrey |
Jammu and Kashmir is administered by the Republic of India within the framework of a federal parliamentary republic as a union territory, like the union territory of Puducherry, with a multi-party democratic system of governance. Until 2019, it was governed as a state administered by India. Politics in the region reflects the historical tension and dispute that the state has been a part of in the form of the Kashmir conflict. The head of state is the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, currently Manoj Sinha, while the head of government is the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, currently vacant. Legislative power is vested in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, although this was dissolved by the Governor on 21 November 2018. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.